Speaker For Scanner

[Tfitzmaurice89]

I want to get an external speaker for my 396, but im not sure if i can *fix* the wire to hook right up to my headphone jack. I know at radio shack they have this huge cabnet with 8mm attachments and stuff, would that be the way to do it or does uniden already have someting like that out?

http://www.claysradioshop.com/images/External Speaker/unidenesp20_large.jpg

I think thats for the CB but, is there a chance where they have one alread for a scanner?

 

[madnachos]

That is a Uniden ESP 20. I have one sitting on my desk that I use with my BCT15...works well and can be purchased for about $15 on eBay. Its a durable little speaker, sounds good.

edit: You might want to find a powered speaker to use with your 396t since its headphone jack wont really drive a external speaker very well.

 

[Tfitzmaurice89]

can you show me what kind of speaker you are talking about?

 

[Bentley]

I use this one in my vehicles...super loud if you need it to be. Well worth the money IMO. It's amplified so, like madnachos said, it will give you the extra volume that lacks in a regular speaker when plugged into a regular headphone jack.

 

[Attackron]

I want to get an external speaker for my 396, but im not sure if i can *fix* the wire to hook right up to my headphone jack. I know at radio shack they have this huge cabnet with 8mm attachments and stuff, would that be the way to do it or does uniden already have someting like that out?

http://www.claysradioshop.com/images/External Speaker/unidenesp20_large.jpg

I think thats for the CB but, is there a chance where they have one alread for a scanner?

Radio Shack has a cb/ham/scanner extension speaker # 21-549 for $20 bucks that works very well Has a narrow frequency range of 300-3000Hz and is acoustically designed to enhance voice quality so distant and weak signals are clearer and easier to hear. it come with the 3.5 ear jack and also mounting bracket sounds real good and i use it myself

http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=21-549&origkw=21-549&sr=1 I paid 20 for it in store just a week ago

 

[Bentley]

I use that one also, VERY good speaker. I only use it in the house, plugged into the 'extention speaker' jack on my base units.

 

[npdexplorer911]

I have a motorola speaker that I use in the car with my 396t I purchased it off ebay a few years ago already wired for headphone jack. I think it is more powerful than some of the RS speakers, but could be louder. I use that uniden speaker in the house with my bct8 which is nice and loud and better with the bct8 than the 396t.

 

[Tfitzmaurice89]

Wit the RS speaker, does it require its own power source or how do i plug it into the scanner.... just the headphone jack?

 

[ofd8001]

I also use the Radio Shack amplified speaker. Actually I have several of them, and they work well.

Each speaker requires its own 12V supply to power the amplifier portion of the speaker. On some of mine, I've simply added a cigar lighter plug and use it that way. On some others, I've hard-wired them into my vehicle's electrical system.